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Honey Bee Compass

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Zone-level bloom and varroa guidance built for practical field decisions across continental USDA plant hardiness zones.

Canonical Report Bee Underground Labs
Lab Focus

Applied analytics for practical beekeeping decisions.

Forecasting, dashboards, and models that turn weather-driven signals into clearer operational intelligence for forage timing and mite pressure.

01

Forecast Horizon

Seven-day outlook based on zone centroid weather forecasts.

02

Zone Coverage

18 continental USDA plant hardiness zones.

03

Primary Signals

Nectar flow suitability and varroa temperature pressure.

Projects

Zone Forecast Grid

Honey Bee Compass groups public applied analytics by USDA zone so conditions stay comparable from cold-climate forage windows through subtropical nectar flow.

Applied Analytics
Zone 3a
3A
Latitude48.08
Longitude-92.82
Nectar Flow Forecast Low
Varroa Growth Low
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Zone 3b
3B
Latitude48.20
Longitude-97.36
Nectar Flow Forecast Low
Varroa Growth Low
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Zone 4a
4A
Latitude46.77
Longitude-95.72
Nectar Flow Forecast Low
Varroa Growth Low
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Zone 4b
4B
Latitude45.02
Longitude-92.83
Nectar Flow Forecast Low
Varroa Growth Low
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Zone 5a
5A
Latitude43.51
Longitude-90.81
Nectar Flow Forecast Low
Varroa Growth Low
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Zone 5b
5B
Latitude42.01
Longitude-88.71
Nectar Flow Forecast High 🌼🌼
Varroa Growth Low
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Zone 6a
6A
Latitude41.16
Longitude-86.82
Nectar Flow Forecast High 🌼🌼
Varroa Growth Low
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Zone 6b
6B
Latitude40.19
Longitude-86.34
Nectar Flow Forecast High 🌼🌼
Varroa Growth Low
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Zone 7a
7A
Latitude38.75
Longitude-86.85
Nectar Flow Forecast Moderate 🌼
Varroa Growth Low
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Zone 7b
7B
Latitude37.64
Longitude-84.89
Nectar Flow Forecast High 🌼🌼
Varroa Growth Moderate 🪰
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Zone 8a
8A
Latitude35.10
Longitude-88.36
Nectar Flow Forecast Low
Varroa Growth Moderate 🪰
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Zone 8b
8B
Latitude34.89
Longitude-96.06
Nectar Flow Forecast Low
Varroa Growth Low
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Zone 9a
9A
Latitude33.26
Longitude-98.41
Nectar Flow Forecast Low
Varroa Growth Low
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Zone 9b
9B
Latitude33.46
Longitude-106.37
Nectar Flow Forecast Low
Varroa Growth Low
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Zone 10a
10A
Latitude31.57
Longitude-103.19
Nectar Flow Forecast Low
Varroa Growth Low
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Zone 10b
10B
Latitude31.55
Longitude-105.90
Nectar Flow Forecast Low
Varroa Growth Low
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Zone 11a
11A
Latitude26.79
Longitude-84.55
Nectar Flow Forecast High 🌼🌼
Varroa Growth Low
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Zone 11b
11B
Latitude24.77
Longitude-81.08
Nectar Flow Forecast High 🌼🌼
Varroa Growth Low
Field Guide

Continental Zone Map

A continental U.S. reference built from the ZIP data in this repository, with each point colored by its USDA hardiness zone and state labels added for orientation.

Continental USDA hardiness zone point map A contiguous U.S. map built from ZIP centroids, colored by USDA plant hardiness zone and labeled with state abbreviations. 2023 USDA-Style Zone Map Built from continental ZIP centroids in this repo. State outlines are generalized from ZIP coverage; color follows zone assignment. MARINHMEVTCTNYNJPADEDCVAMDWVNCSCGAFLALTNMSKYOHINMIIAWIMNSDNDMTILMOKSNELAAROKTXCOWYIDUTAZNMNVCAORWA 3A-40° to -35°F3B-35° to -30°F4A-30° to -25°F4B-25° to -20°F5A-20° to -15°F5B-15° to -10°F6A-10° to -5°F6B-5° to 0°F7A0° to 5°F7B5° to 10°F8A10° to 15°F8B15° to 20°F9A20° to 25°F9B25° to 30°F10A30° to 35°F10B35° to 40°F11A40° to 45°F11B45° to 50°F
Nectar Flow Forecast: counts Favorable Days in the next 7 days (bloom potential + bee flight weather).
Favorable Days bands: High: 5–7 · Moderate: 3–4 · Low: 0–2
A day is favorable when temperature, rain, and wind thresholds suggest bees can work flowers.